Temple of Amenhotep IV

The structures were used during the New Kingdom, in the first four years of the 18th Dynasty reign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, when he still used the name Amenhotep IV.

The edifices may have been constructed at the end of the reign of his father, Amenhotep III, and completed by Akhenaten.

The main temple in the complex was named Gm–p3–itn (Gem-pa-Aten), which means "The Sun Disc is Found in the Estate of the God Aten".

Very little of these buildings remain; they were built quickly, using Talatat blocks, and could therefore easily be demolished and reused as core for later structures.

It led to an open court surrounded by square pillars and colossal statues of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.